Reported Hearing Impairment in Essential Tremor: A Population-Based Case-Control Study | Zendy

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Reported Hearing Impairment in Essential Tremor: A Population-Based Case-Control Study

Author(s) -

Julián BenitoLeón,

Elan D. Louis,

Félix BermejoPareja

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

neuroepidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.217

H-Index - 87

eISSN - 1423-0208

pISSN - 0251-5350

DOI - 10.1159/000112463

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , dementia , audiology , logistic regression , essential tremor , cognitive impairment , hearing loss , population , case control study , pediatrics , psychiatry , cognition , disease , environmental health

In a population-based sample, we determined whether a larger proportion of essential tremor (ET) cases reported hearing impairment compared with controls. Ninety-six (38.7%) of 248 ET cases versus 1,371 (29.4%) of 4,669 controls (p = 0.002) reported hearing impairment. In a logistic regression analysis adjusted for age, gender, educational level, depressive symptoms, and dementia, participants who reported hearing impairment were 30% more likely to suffer from ET than were controls (odds ratio 1.3; 95% confidence interval 1.01-1.7; p = 0.04). ET seemed to be associated with reported hearing impairment. The basis for this finding, which has been noted in several studies, deserves further exploration.

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